Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Maayo Kaayo!

KUMUSTA AKONG PAMILYA!!!
Kumusta ka? How are you doing? Dili ako nagdawat sa mga sulot!!! I didn''t receive any letters from Dearelder this week!! Are ninyo alive?? I''m giving you the benefit of the doubt...I know dearelder has been delayed by days giving me my letters, so maybe that is what happened. I did get mom''s though, because she sends the email along with it. And I did get Rachel''s email :)
Tell the neices that I LOVE their artwork. I miss those kids. I miss kids in general. My district makes fun of me because everytime we watch those "I''m a Mormon" videos I just talk about how cute every single kid is!! So yes, Britt and Megan, keep the artwork coming!
Last Tuesday we had 2 Apostles come to the MTC. Elder Nelson and Elder Holland BOTH came!! Everyone knew that somebody important was coming so people started to line up over 2 hours in advance. It was crazy. We were all basically standing right next to each other (okay, basically spooning...ehhem....awkward missionary moment!) They let us in since my companion is Samoan, but then they separated me from her so that other international missionaries could have a seat. So they had me sitting in this sound booth thing and then right before it started they told me I could go sit on the floor! So I got to sit on the 6th row. It was soooo good! I love both of those apostles. Elder Holland bore his testimony about honoring the tradition of missionary work and Elder Nelson gave a talk about the history of the MTC. It was great. The Spirit was so strong.
The Cebuano is still coming along. We have taught lessons without any notes! it''s always kind of a leap of faith but I know I can do it. I've already seen the Lord's hand in my missionary work here at the MTC. There is no way I could be doing this alone. Our district gets along great and are more unified. It''s kind of crazy to stick 8 random people in a small classroom for like 10 hours each day and expect them to love each other, but I feel like we''ve come a long way.
Sister Tapu and I have been the only sisters in our zone but tomorrow we get 4 more!!! I am so excited to meet them. I''m grateful for Sister T. We are competely different people with different personalities but I learn so much from her every day. I always ask myself, "WWPD?"" As in, ""What would a Polynesian Do?"" Haha...so yeah, I''m getting really good at sharing anything and everything with people. You can learn great things from other cultures!
I hope that everyone is doing well. I had a pretty nasty cold this week but I''m finally getting over it. Does anyone know if allergy season is starting early or something?? Where is the snow? This is the weirdest winter ever. We just got an email from our roommate who left last week for the Philippines...haha....all I can do is laugh. It''s going to be crazy.
Anyway, I love you all. I think of you often! Go read your scriptures!! I love them SO much. I just finished reading about Christ''s sermon on the mount. I loved it. I hope you are all taking time to read and study the scriptures. I LOVE YOU!! Nahigugma ako kanamo!!!!! The Church is true. Tinuod ang simbahan!
Cebuano word for the day:
""bong bong"" = wall
haha, what?!?!
Love,
Sister Nicole Trayner

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